George E. Goslow, professor of biology and medicine at Brown University, will discuss "The Beauty and Biology of Powered Flapping in Birds" on Saturday, March 18.
Goslow is a leading authority on neural control of locomotion in vertebrate animals, especially the neuromuscular basis for wing control during flight in birds. He will discuss how flapping flight works, focusing on the two primary locomotor muscles of birds, the downstroke and the upstroke muscles.
Goslow will illustrate how his research provided surprises that led to unexpected conclusions, and comment on what these findings may mean to the understanding of the evolution of powered flight as reflected by fossils like the 150-million-year-old Archaeopteryx.
The talk, part of the John H. Ostrom Lecture Series, will take place at 1 p.m. at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave, and is free with museum admission ($5 for adults and $3 for children ages 3-15 and senior citizens over age 65). For more information, call (203) 432-5050 or visit www.peabody.yale.edu.
Daniel Boyarin, the Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture at the University of California at Berkeley, will speak about "A Tale of Two Synods: The Quest of the Historical Yavneh and the Yavneh of Faith" on Monday, March 20.
Boyarin is a major figure in the study of rabbinic culture and the history of ancient Christianity. He pioneered the application of gender theory to the study of ancient texts.
He is the author of eight books, including "Carnal Israel: Reading Sex in Talmudic Culture," "Jews and Other Differences: The New Jewish Cultural Studies" and "Unheroic Conduct: The Rise of Heterosexuality and the Invention of the Jewish Man." His most recent publication is "Dying for God: Martyrdom and the Making of Christianity and Judaism."
The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 4:30 p.m. in
Sylvia T. Ceyer, the J.C. Sheehan Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will be featured in three events on campus.
Ceyer will present the Tetelman Lecture at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, in the lecture hall of the Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel St. She will discuss "Unique Chemistry at Surfaces: Splats, Hammers and Sinkholes." The following day, Thursday, March 23, Ceyer will be the guest at a tea at 4 p.m. in the Jonathan Edwards College master's house, 70 High St. On Friday, March 24, Ceyer will present a Department of Chemistry seminar, titled "New Surface Reaction Mechanisms: Role of Bulk H in Catalytic Hydrogenation and F Atom Abstraction by Si." This talk will take place at 4:30 p.m. in Rm. 160 of Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, 225 Prospect St. All events are free and open to the public.
Ceyer is a physical chemist with research interests in the area of molecule-surface reaction dynamics as related to heterogeneous catalysis, chemical vapor deposition and plasma etching chemistry. She has uncovered sources of the apparent lack of surface reactivity under ultrahigh vacuum conditions and then used that knowledge to effect high pressure heterogeneous catalytic reactions in an ultrahigh vacuum environment where microscopic reaction steps can be discerned.
Ceyer is a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Physical Society.
Arnold C. Harberger, the Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago, will present the 13th Annual Simon Kuznets Memorial Lecture Series.
Harberger, who is also a professor of economics at the University of California at Los Angeles, will give three lectures on the general topic "The Anatomy of Growth." The first lecture, "Dissecting National Growth Rates," will be held on Wednesday, March 22. Lectures titled "Where Growth Really Happens (Analyzing Growth at Subindustry and Firm Levels)" and "New Frontiers for Growth Analysis?" will follow on Thursday, March 23, and Friday, March 24, respectively.
All lectures will take place 45:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave. The series is free and the public is invited. For more information, call (203) 432-3621.
Harberger has been involved for 35 years in policy work in developing countries. He served as special ambassador for the U.S. Department of State in 1984, was commissioner of the International Commission for Central American Recovery and Development 1987 to 1989, and took part in a presidential mission to Poland in 1989.
Harberger is a distinguished fellow of the American Economic Association and was the first recipient of the University of Chile Prize for Excellence in Economics in 1992. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Econometric Society.
The lecture series honors the memory of the late Simon Kuznets, a Nobel laureate who helped to establish the Yale Economic Growth Center in 1961.
Peter Block, an authority on organizational change and building productive communities, will give a talk on stewardship on Thursday, March 23.
The talk, sponsored by the Organizational Development & Learning Center, will begin at noon in the auditorium of the Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Ave. The event is free and open to the public; however registration is required by calling (203) 432-5660 or visiting www.yale.edu/learningcenter.
Attendees of Block's talk will learn practical ways to apply stewardship to radically change organization governance and management practices. They will learn to replace the "managerial class system" by integrating the managing of work with the doing of work. Block will also discuss what it takes to forge a stewardship contract, exchanging entitlement for responsibility and self-interest for service.
Block, who received a master's in industrial administration from Yale in 1963, is the author of "Stewardship: Choosing Service Over Self-Interest" and "Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used." His honors include the American Society for Training and Development Award for Distinguished Contributions, the Association for Quality and Participation President's Award and induction into Training Magazine's HRD Hall of Fame.
Harlow Unger, a veteran journalist and broadcaster, will discuss his book "Noah Webster: The Life and Times of an American Patriot" on Thursday, March 23.
His talk, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 4 p.m. in the master's house of Saybrook College, 90 High St.
Webster's dynamic life and significant role in the creation of the American nation have been obscured by his fame as a lexicographer, according to Unger. In his book, Unger describes Webster's far-reaching influence on the important issues faced by the developing nation.
Unger, a 1953 graduate of Yale College, was a foreign news editor at The New York Herald Tribune Overseas Syndicate in Paris, a foreign correspondent for The Times and The Sunday Times of London, and an on-air commentator and news analyst for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
A former professor of English and journalism in New York City, Unger's publications include the three-volume "Encyclopedia of American Education," which was voted one of the best reference works published in 1996 by the Reference Users' Services Association of the American Library Association, "School Choice -- A Parent's Guide for Evaluating Your Child's School" and "The Learning Disability Trap."
John Sessions, a Distinguished Professor of Forest Engineering at Oregon State University, will be the guest of the Yale Forest Forum on Thursday, March 23.
In his lecture, titled "Sustainable Forestry -- Oregon Style: The Challenge of Evaluating Oregon's Forest Management Program by Raising the Bar for Spatial Resource Scheduling and Analysis," Sessions will present an overview of the state's forest management program. His work has focused on addressing the technical challenges of evaluating such programs spatially and temporally.
Sessions is a nominator of the Wahlenberg Prize, the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for forestry and natural resources. He has led and participated in numerous large-scale land management assessments and initiatives, and has been vice-chair of a forest assessment of Native-American lands.
The talk, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 4 p.m. in Marsh Hall, 360 Prospect St.
Barbara A. Smith, an expert on the effects of exercise on serious illness, will deliver the Sybil Palmer Bellos Lecture on Thursday, March 23.
The lecture will begin at 4 p.m. at the School of Nursing, 100 Church St. South, and will be followed by a reception. To attend, call (203) 737-5678.
Smith, the O'Koren Endowed Chair at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a senior scientist at its Comprehensive Cancer Center, has studied the impact of exercise on HIV/AIDS, cancer and cardiovascular disease, and the role of physical activity in health promotion for children. Her current research includes a project to characterize body fat redistribution and metabolic disorders associated with HIV-1 infection and/or therapy, and an investigation of the effect of an integrated support program on breast cancer patients, particularly on psychoimmune outcomes.
Smith holds fellowships in the American Academy of Nursing, the American College of Sports Medicine, and the American Association of Cardiovascular Diseases and
Heather Weiss, founder and director of the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP), will discuss "New Evaluation Strategies for Complex Children's Initiatives" on Friday, March 24.
Her talk, part of the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy lecture series, will start at noon in Rm. 211, Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York St. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (203) 432-9935.
The mission of the HFRP is to conduct and disseminate research that contributes to the development of comprehensive family support programs, service systems and policies. Weiss and her colleagues track and examine state and local family support initiatives, design strategies to evaluate such initiatives and conduct research on the role of family support in education, welfare, child care, social services and health care reform. To build broader evaluation capacity and productive dialogue about innovative evaluation approaches, HFRP produces a quarterly newsletter, The Evaluation Exchange.
Weiss is a consultant to numerous foundations and serves on several advisory boards, including the U.S. Department of Education's Planning and Evaluation Service.
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Yale study shows cocaine vaccine is safe, effective
Film echoes voices from Yale's Holocaust archive
Student scholars win prestigious honors
Psychiatrist shares her stories with children throughout the world
Endowed Professorships
Professors and former trustee are honored by Phi Beta Kappa
'High priest' of political writers is next Poynter Fellow
Graduating actors to perform in 'Richard III'
Storytellers to spin yarns from around the world at festival
Better pest controls may result from researchers' discovery
Noted businessman talks about the world of wine
Changed procedures would make for a more effective international court, judge contends
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Colloquium will aid those who are interested in establishing language-study centers
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